Light My Candle

Chords

Standard

Intro: C Am C Am
C            Am
What'd you forget?
C     Am 
Got a light?
C      Am
I know you, you're
G
You're shivering
F
It's nothing
        G
They turned off my heat
F
And I'm just a little
G
Weak on my feet
G         Am         C
Would you light my candle?

What are you staring at?

C
Nothing
Am    C       Am       C
Your hair in the moonlight
C   Am     C
You look familiar
G
Can you make it?
F               G
Just haven't eaten much today
              F
At least the room stopped spinning
G
Anyway, what?
C
Nothing
C    Am     C
Your smile reminded me of

C     Am   
I always remind people of
G
Who is she?
F
She died
              G
Her name was April
G
It's out again
F                 G
Sorry about your friend
G          Am        G
Would you light my candle?
G
Well
G
Yeah? Ow!
G
Oh, the wax, it's
G
Dripping! I like it, between my
G
Fingers, I figured
G           C
Oh, well, goodnight
C Am

C      Am
It blew out again?
        C              Am
No, I think that I dropped my stash
  C         Am       C       Am
I know I've seen you out and about
            C               Am
When I used to go out
         G
Your candle's out
       F
I'm illin'
    G
I had it when I walked in the door
F    
It was pure
G
Is it on the floor?
A
The floor?

A                               G
They say that I have the best ass
       A
Below fouteenth Street
G
Is it true?
G
What?
A
You're staring again
G
Oh no, I mean you do have a nice
            C           Am
I mean, you look familiar
C           Am
Like your dead girlfriend
C                 Am
Only when you smile
But I'm sure I've seen you somewhere else
F                 G
Do you go to the Cat Scratch Club?
       F             G
That's where I work, I dance

Yes!
F                     G
They used to tie you up
G
It's a living

F                  G
I didn't recognize you
Without the handcuffs
G                    Am        G
We could light the candle
G                        Am        G
Oh won't you light the candle?
C   Am            C         Am
Why don't you forget that stuff?
C                Am     C
You look like you're sixteen
Am                      C            Am
I'm nineteen, but I'm old for my age
     C         Am
I'm just born to be bad
C             Am        G
I once was born to be bad
             F
I used to shiver like that
            G
I have no heat, I told you
     F
I used to sweat
     G
I got a cold
G
Uh huh
                   F
I used to be a junkie
But now and then I like to
G
Uh huh
G
Feel good
F
Oh here it
F
What's that?
G
It's a candy bar wrapper
G                   Am      G
We could light the candle
G                          Am      G
Oh what'd you do with my candle?
C                Am
That was my last match
C            Am
Our eyes'll adjust
C     Am
Thank God for the moon
C       Am        C       Am
Maybe it's not the moon at all
        C                         Am
I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street
  
Bah humbug, 
C   Am
bah humbug
F
Cold hands
G
Yours too
F              G
Big, like my father's
F
Do you wanna dance?
G
With you?
F        G
No, with my father
G
I'm Roger
C     Am
They call me
C     Am
They call me 
C
Mimi


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